Shirt and method for attaching labels thereto



Feb. 5, 1935. J. FRIEDMANN SHIRT AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING LABELS THERETO Filed Aug. 31, 1934 M W J BY ATTORNEY .whichis generally of two thicknesses. thickness of yoke material has a label attac ed then have any standing orders.

Patented Feb. 5, 1935 PATENT oF-FIcE SHIRT AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING LABELS THERETO Jacob lFrie-dmanm Freeport, N. Y., assignor to v D. 'Bob Company, Inc, New York, N. Y., a

corporation of New York Application August s1, 1934, se1-ia1 No. 742,332

a sclaims. (01. 2-115),

"This invention relates to the construction of garments and more particularly to shirts and method for attaching labels thereto.-

In the shirt constructionsof theprior art, it has been customary to provide a shirt with a yoke The inner to it before it is put into the garment. The stitching. for fastening the l'abelggces through this single thickness but when the two pieces which con1- rise the yoke are combined the back stitching oi the. label is hidden by the-second thickness; This method of attaching the label can. be used only when the-label is sewed into place before the parts of the garment are assembled. 1

When attaching the label tothe yoke beforelassembling the usual practice required stitching the label alongfoursides each of which had to turned under to present a finished edge. This is a time consuming operation in which considerable care has to be exercised to properlyspace and flnish the edges of thellabel.

It often happens that a shirt and garment manufacturer could continue production if it 'were'not for the fact that he did not at the moment know to which customer a particular group of shirts would be consigned since he might not It was accordingly necessary for him under such circumstances to limit his production since he could not omit the labels from the shirt and later sew them in because by so,doing the label stitching wouldshow through thesec ond thickness-of the yoke causing an unsightly appearance and'branding the garment as one of inferior quality.

I It is, therefore, among the objects of the present invention to provide a method and a garment structure whereby the, label might be attached either in the normalprocess of manufacture or at any subsequent time.v

It is also an object to provide a construction for f shirt garments so that if an order has been cancelled or if the wrong label has been used it could be removed from the garment and replaced by a properlabel without branding the garment as a second or in any other way causing deterioration.

in its general appearance.

It is an important object of this invention to shirts of either the neck band or collar attached type.

These and other objects which will be apparent from the sequent description are'all embodied within the scope" of this invention, a preferred embodiment of which is illustrated in the accomthe drawing, 2 designates a garment or shirt genorally which is constructed of a back 4', a yoke 6, and a collar or neckband 8 combined in the usual approved fashion for constructinggarments and more specifically shirts. In the center of the yoke 6 is alabel lowhich it will be noted is e2;-

or a neckband and 'the'yoke 6. I I'he label having suitable indicia thereon is generally produced in long strips of a series of labels one above the other with finished non ravelling selvedges althoughthey might be produced individually. with the vertical edges. fin ished. Usually two edges of the labels and in the illustrated embodiment the top and bottom edges are not finished nor need they be finished since they are covered and preventedfrom unravelling when the labels'are attached by the seams or seam stitchings of the garment. When the garment is being assembled and particularly when the two seams 12 and 14 are stitched the label is also attached'to the garment with stitch I.v

ing at each end. It will thus be seen-that the label is attached without any additional lateral or vertical stitching but simply by the normal stitching necessary to complete the seams of the garment whereby the timefor completing a garment and the cost is reduced.

Since the'label is laid flat against the yoke and is attached at the top and the bottom by constructional seams or seam stitchings'of'the garment it normally lies flat against the yoke but due to the fact that there is no stitching along two sides, the label may be separated in its intermediate portion from the yoke and thus provide a loop useful asa hanger for the garment.

This is illustrated in Fig. 3 wherein the hook 20 r is shown supportingcthe garment by means of the label 10. v The method of attaching the label is -more specifically illustrated in the sectional view, Fig. 2. The yoke 6 as generally constructed comprises an outer piece 16 and an inner piece 18 which is attached to the back 4 along one side by a seam 12 and to the collar '8 or a neckband along the other side of the yoke by a seam 14. The inner whatever method of construction may beused there 'Wlll always be a seam at these junctures and these seams label.

In the event that a manufacturer isproducing shirts for, which he has no particular designation and therefore cannot insert a label, he may complete the garment without the label either omitting the stitches in the label position or continuing the stitches all along these seams and then later readily attach a label of the typedisclosed herein by inserting a label into the unsewed portion of the seam or ripping the seams 10 and 12 for a short distance in the position Where the label is to be attached, insert the label and complete the seams. This can readily be done Without showing any alteration of the garment. a

If a manufacturer has prepared a lot of shirts with one label anddue to cancellation'of orders or other reasons finds is necessary'to change the label, this can be easily accomplished in the same manner as described above exceptthat one label isremoved and replaced'by the desiredone.

From the foregoing it will be understood that this invention provides a new method of garment construction and more particularly a new and useful method and construction for easily and cheaply attaching labels to shirts in which the label not only actsas a designation of source 7 can be employed to attach the but is also-useful as a hanger.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as my invention is:

1. A garment construction comprising acollar, a yoke and-aback, a seam joiningthe collar 1 to the yoke, another seam joining the .yoke to the backand a label attached at one endby the'seam stitching joining the collar and the yoke and at .the other end by the seam stitching joining the back to the yoke. Y J

2. A shirt construction comprising a neckband, a yoke and a back, a seam joining the neckband to the yoke, another seam joining the yoke Y to ,the back and'a'label attached at one end-by' theseam stitchingjoining the'neckband and the yoke and at the other; end by the seam stitching joining the back to the yoke. e

3. A garment construction comprising a collar, a yoke and a back, a seam joining the collar to thejyoke, another seam joining the yoke to,the, back, and a label-with one end inserted into. the

seam joining the yoke, and theback, and the other end inserted into the seam joining .the yoke to the collar, held in place by the seam stitchings and with its ends hidden'within the seam.

4. A garment construction comprising a collar or neokband, ayoke, and a back, a seamjoining to said garment atone end at the seamjoining' the collar and the yoke and at the other end at the seam joining the back to the yoke.

5. A garment construction comprising a'collar or neckband, a yoke, and a back, constructional seams joining the collar or neckband to the yoke and the yoke to the back, a labelf attached to the: garment by the stitchings of the said constructional seams and unattached along two sidesto provide a label which serves as a designation of source and also as ahanger. j

, JACOB FRIEDMANN.

the collar orneckband to the yoke, another seam joining the yoke to the back and a label. attached 

